Pizza Possum (Switch, PS5, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
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Posted on November 13th, 2023 by
A possum thief lives on the bottom of a sprawling Mediterranean town filled with all sorts of animal villagers. At the top of the town is the Dog King and a giant pizza. The possum wants to steal this pizza, so you’ll have to help him sneak past guards, grab food, unlock doors, and cause mischief and mayhem in general in this top down viewed arcade action game for one or two players. Pizza Possum is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Sea of Stars (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 10th, 2023 by
When I was a teenager in the early to mid 90s, I loved 16-bit RPGs. Couldn’t get enough of them. I poured over Final Fantasy 4 and 6, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Lufia 2, and many more. But once I started college and the 32-bit era came about, I started to fall out of the RPG loop for whatever reason. And now I don’t play near as many RPGs as I used to as a teen. Many times since then, a game maker has tried to capture the magic of those 16-bit RPGs with a new title, but they almost always miss the mark. Until now. Sea of Stars is a new RPG by the same folks who did The Messenger. The Messenger was a 2-D platformer starring a ninja, and I reviewed it way back when. Sea of Stars is actually meant to be a prequel to that game, but luckily you don’t have to have played it to understand what’s going on here. Which is good since I don’t remember a whole lot about what went on in The Messenger! Anyway, in Sea of Stars, you’ll play as one of two Solstice Warriors as they are charged with defeating evil Dwellers. Along the way they’ll meet friends, encounter twists and turns, betrayals, and much more. Sea of Stars plays most like Chrono Trigger and is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 8th, 2023 by
If you have a bunch of people over to play games during the holidays, but not enough controllers to play with everyone, then Jackbox has you covered! Their latest batch of party games is out, and all you need are cell phones or tablets to play them! Just connect to Jackbox.tv on any mobile device and enter in the room code and you’re in! It’s pretty simple and works well, and in some games, even people who don’t have cell phones can be part of the audience and participate, too. The Jackbox Party Pack 10 is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. Let’s take a quick look at the five games on this collection.
Diorama Dungeoncrawl: Master of the Living Castle (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 6th, 2023 by
Guide a knight through blocky retro styled areas and use a trusty axe to defeat goblins, skeletons, and other baddies in dark forest and creepy crypts in Diorama DungeonCrawl: Master of the Living Castle. It’s a bit like a side scrolling beat ‘em up with some platforming thrown in, and it’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
F-Zero 99 (Switch)
Posted on November 3rd, 2023 by
Nintendo’s futuristic high speed racing series: F-Zero, hasn’t had a new game in nearly two decades! Until now. F-Zero 99 is a 99 player battle royale racing game modelled after the original SNES launch title. I’m not sure that’s exactly what F-Zero fans wanted, but for a Nintendo Switch Online freebie, it’s not too bad.
Betomis (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on November 1st, 2023 by
Help a knight escape a dungeon in Betomis, a 2D single screen precision platformer. Collect keys to open doors, weapons to defeat enemies, and avoid obstacles along the way in this game that’s available for all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Shark! Shark! (Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on October 30th, 2023 by
I never had an Intellivision game console as a kid, but my cousins had one. Only thing I really remember playing on theirs was Frog Bog, which I enjoyed very much. Many years later, another Intellivision game I enjoyed on one of the PlayStation game collections was Shark! Shark! In that game, you are a small fish and must eat enough fish to grow so you can eat even bigger fish. Just watch out for that shark! It was very similar to a popular PopCap game called Feeding Frenzy, too. And now you can play a reimagined version of Shark! Shark! on some modern game consoles and PC (reviewed on Switch here).
Welcome to the Ace Angler Aquarium and Arcade Amusement Park!
Posted on October 27th, 2023 by
There’s a fishing game in Japan by Namco called Ace Angler, and you view the screen horizontally to the ground like you’re looking into a fishing pond. It’s pretty popular, and I think I even played it once at Round 1 arcade here in the US, or at least an imitation of it. And now you can play a home version of the arcade game on the Switch with Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits. It was available digitally in the US last year, but I imported a physical copy of it because I’m a freak about stuff like that. But the game is entirely in English so there’s no language barrier here. I asked for it for Christmas, but since imports can sometimes take a while, I actually didn’t get it until around Easter this past year. And I finally got around to playing it recently. The cool thing about the Switch game is that they made the arcade game like it has its own amusement park and aquarium. So it’s like a cross between a Namco Museum game (albeit for only one arcade game) and Animal Crossing. You even create your own avatar that looks like something out of Animal Crossing, and since I like the aquariums in those games, as well as Namco Museums in general, this game really ticked off a lot of boxes for me! The game says it’s Ace Angler’s 10th anniversary, which I didn’t realize it had been around that long! But anyway, let me take you on a tour guide through the Ace Angler Aquarium and Arcade Amusement Park found in the Switch Fishing Spirits game!
Rune Factory 3 Special (Switch, PC)
Posted on October 25th, 2023 by
I reviewed the original Rune Factory 3 WAY back on the Nintendo DS around 13 years ago! (Yeah I’m old) Now you can play it again on Switch and PC (reviewed on Switch here) with enhanced graphics and new gameplay modes. The Rune Factory series combines the farming simulation of a Harvest Moon or Story of Seasons game, but also lets you fight monsters in fields and dungeons in real time action based battles.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4: Bush Rescue Returns (Switch, PC)
Posted on October 23rd, 2023 by
Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, 3D platformer mascot characters were all the rage. One such character was Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. And just like his extinct animal counterpart, Ty hasn’t been heard from in a long time. Until now. Originally released on PC ten years ago, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4: Bush Rescue Returns has been remade on Switch. And surprisingly, it’s a 2D platformer, not a 3D one! It may be to celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary, or the whole series 20th anniversary. Help Ty and his Bush Rescue animal friends in Australia save the day as he runs, jumps, and uses his boomerangs to attack. Interestingly enough, the makers of this game, Krome Studios, are also based in Australia. They also made Game Room, which I played a lot back on the Xbox 360.
